Discuss why nutrition is a central component in health promotion What are some of the nutritional challenges for emerging population? What roles do nutritional deficiency and nutrional excess play in disease?

 

Nutrition as a central component of health promotion

• Nutrition is important in the prevention of acquisition of diseases or delaying the manifestations of certain inheritable diseases

Nutritional challenges for the emerging population

• Limited access and increased cost
• Availability of low-cost goods
• Persuasive marketing

Nutritional deficiency and excess in diseases

• Nutrient deficiency accelerates development of diseases
• Nutrient excess may cause imbalance and depositions leading to mineralization

Step-by-step explanation

Nutrition as a central component of health promotion

• Nutrition is a process wherein we consume foods and products and acquire essential vitamins and minerals for growth and well-being. Nutrition is considered a central component in the health promotion because it is essential in the strengthening of one's immune system thereby preventing the acquisition of certain disease that may actually be prevented by consuming healthy foods, such as hypertension, fatty liver, etc. Providing the body with good nutrition and strengthening the immune system also means that the body is able to function well in cases of an invasion by pathogenic microorganisms that causes infections. Good nutrition may also help delay the manifestation of certain diseases such as hypertension.

Nutritional challenges for the emerging population

• One challenge for the emerging population is the limited access to certain products and an increase in the prices of goods which make some people opt for lower cost products with lesser nutritional value
• Another is the increased in the availability of low-cost goods which actually contain more preservatives and fats
• Persuasive marketing is another challenge that targets young children and attract them to consuming products that are containing more preservatives and fats and lesser nutritional value

Nutritional deficiency and excess in diseases

• Deficiency in nutrients may cause an increased risk in developing certain disease. With decreased levels of nutrients, the immune system may weaken and the body may be prone to developing diseases and invasion of certain microbes that causes infection.
• Nutrient excess may cause imbalance and depositions leading to mineralization, however not all nutrients in excess may cause such.